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Broadcast on February 1, on CKUT 90.3 FM Radio's Monday Morning After, Lisa Ndejuru represents the Great Lakes of Africa Working Group in an interview. The working group plans to collect 100 life stories of Rwandans living in Montreal. She starts out by speaking about one of their most important community partners, PAGE-Rwanda, a community group formed by parents and friends of the victims of the Rwandan genocide of 1994, and which provides psychological counseling and promotes awareness.

Broadcast on January 11, on CKUT 90.3 FM Radio's Monday Morning After, an interview with Ry Duong, coordinator of the Cambodian Working Group. As part of the Life Stories Montreal project, the Cambodian Working Group is composed of people from the Angkorian community, people from the Khmer Buddhist temple as well as student affiliates. Their 5-year objective is to collect approximately 120 life stories of Cambodians living in Montreal.

Broadcast on Dec 7, Dec 14 and again on the Wednesday Morning After on Dec 16, "Stories of Iranian Montrealers about Iran's post-election uprising" comes out of Afsaneh Hojabri speaking to 6 Iranian Montrealers, and asking them to explain the socio-political significance of the Iran's post-election uprising, as well as how this movement has affected them personally.

Broadcast on December 28 on CKUT 90.3 FM's Monday Morning After, Kathryn Harvey holds a conversation with Toby Butler, visiting sound artist at Concordia's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling in the month of November. Toby Butler is the creator of Memoryscape, ‘sound walks’ that invite you to experience the hidden history of a place by listening to the memories of inhabitants, both historical and contemporary, as you walk through it. He is in the Geography Department, at Royal Holloway, University of London, and at the Museum of London.

Broadcast November 23, Audrey O'Breham tells us about a public screening of "Life in an Open Prison" at the Cinematheque Quebecoise in which St George High School students spoke about their experience researching and making this video documentary about the Camabodian genocide. We hear excerpts from the discussion.

Broadcast on Februrary 22 on CKUT 90.3 FM Radio's Monday Morning After, this piece, produced by Kaitlin Prest, gives us an impression of the Playback Theatre performance and public discussion held by the Living Histories Ensemble in February 2010 about how the earthquake in Haiti has touched all of us. You will hear from Caroline Kunzle, Nisha Sajnani, as well as some of the actors and members of the public who participated in this workshop.

Broadcast on October 20 on CKUT 90.3 FM Radio's Tuesday Morning After: Gracia Jalea, Co-Coordinator of the Experiences of Refugee Youth working group, tells us a bit about the participants she is working with are and how they are going about ensuring that these young people have a voice in telling their stories.

Listen to Rita Yu, Associate Director of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, give us a walking tour of the history of Chinatown. Broadcast October 6 on CKUT 90.3 FM's Tuesday Morning After.